Knitted stocking foot protector



May 14, 1935. w VWLSON 2,001,293

KNITTED STOCKING FOOT PROTECTOR Original Filed Feb. lO, 1934 .im @s yWJTNEssEs.- INVENTOR;

LH/aa Wilsn /TToRNEx/s. r \A Mig@ BY Patented May 14, 1935 KNITTEDSTOCKING FOOT PROTECTOR Wallace Wilson,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Original application February 10, 1934, Serial No.

710,606. Divided and 1934, Serial No. 734,5

9 Claims.

ruary 10, 1934, for a Method of, and machine for producing knittedstocking foot protectors.

My present invention has for its chief aim the provision of a stockingfoot protector which will not only conform accurately to the foot of thewearer, but which will hold itself in place without the aid of separateor extraneous securing means. This desideratum I realize, as hereinafterfully disclosed, in a stocking foot protector knit for the most part ofa non-elastic yarn in simulation of the foot of an ordinary stocking,and having incorporated along opposite sides of its sole portion,longitudinaliy-contractile, knit-in edge margins of elastic yarn.

A further aim of my invention is to secure the above advantages 1n astocking foot protector which lends itself to formation in continuoussuccession with others on a circular knitting machine such as featuredin my earlier application supra, suitably adapted for the` purpose.

Still other objects and attendant advantages of this invention will bemanifest from the detailed description which follows of the attacheddrawing, wherein Fig. I is a perspective view showing myimprovednstocking foot protector.

Fig. II isa view showing the blank for the protectoras it comes from theknitting machine; and

Fig. III is a-detail view on an enlarged scale showing the texture ofthe sole portion of the protector within the area bounded by thedot-anddash rectangle III in Fig. II.

As delineated in Figs. I and II, my improvedT` stocking foot protectorresembles the foot portion of an ordinary seamless stocking except forthe omission of an instep, its toe and heel I0 and II respectivelyhaving the diagonal sutures I2 Aand I3 characteristic of such hosiery.'I'he toe and heel portions I0 and I I are knit from woolen, silk orcotton yarns of comparatively heavy gage for the purposes of resistivityto wear, and for warmth. The connecting sole portion I4, it will benoted, reaches up to a level slightly above the inner ends of thediagonal toe and heel sutures I2 and I3 at opposite sides of theprotector. The main or central section Ida of the sole portion I4 isknit from a woolen, silk or cotton yarn Y (Fig. III) of a gage somewhatlighter than that used in the toe and heel portions I0 and II; Lwhilethe relatively narrow marginal sections Ilb along the longitudinal edgesof the sole portion are knit from separate covered elastic yarns whereofone this application `luly 11, 75

is designated Y in Fig. III, said marginal sections being terminated atopposite ends somewhat inward of the toe and heel sutures I2 and I3.- Asshown in Fig. III, the section Ita and the marginal sections Ib of thesole It arerespectively formed as selvaged webs whereof the contiguousend loops in successive courses are inter'- knitted at each side`of theprotector 'along definite pairs of fabric wales/W after the manner ofsplit foot hosiery. From Fig. III itwill be observed that the selvageloops I along the outer edges of the sole portion I 4 are bf peculiarformation and each comprehends twov courses of the knitting. The reasonforthis is clearly pointed out in the copending application hereinbeforereferred to. i l

When the protector is worn, the elastic margins Mb act as contractilestraps to maintain the side edges of the protector under tensionlongitudinally and so effectively hold it against displacement on thefoot of the wearer. In this function the elastic margins Mb are assistedby a strand of elastic yarn I5 which is attached along the`crosswiseedge of the toe I0 and which is anchored at its ends, by sewing orotherwise, in the fabric of the protector adjacent the corners of thetoe sutures' I2. An insert I6 of'leather or other material aording arough surface is attached by sewing along the upper edge of the heel Ilas conlventionally indicated at I1. This insert, by co action-with thefabric of the stocking, serves to -prevent the back end of the protectorfrom slipping off the heel of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, I\claim:

l. As a new article of manufacturaa knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a heel, a toe, and a connecting sole portion of a width to extendsubstantially half way up the sides of the foot,l said sole portioncomprising knit-in edge margins of .elastic yarn.

2. Asa new article of manufacture, a knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a heel, a toe, and a connecting selvage-edged sole portion of a'width to extend substantially half way up the sides of the foot, 'saidsole portion comprising knit-in margins of elastic yarn. I

3. As a new article of manufacture, a knitted 'stocking foot protectorhaving a heel, a toe, and a connecting sole portion of a width to extendsubstantially half way up the sides of the foot; said sole portioncomprising knit selvage-edged marginal sections of separate elasticyarns, and a split suture-connected intermediate selvageedged section ofnon-elastic yarn.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a seamless heel, a seamless-toe, and a connecting sole portionwith its longitudinal edges substantially in line with the inner ends ofthe diagonal heel and toe sutures, said sole portion comprising knit-inedge margins of elastic yarn.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a seamless heel, a seamless toe, and a selvage-edged connectingsole portion with its longitudinal edges substantially in line with theinner ends of the diagonal heel and toe sutures, said lsole portioncomprising knit-in edge margins of elastic yarn.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a seamless heel, a seamless toe, and a connecting sole portionwith its longitudinal edges substantially in line with theiinner ends ofthe diagonal heel and toe sutures, said sole portion comprising knitselVage-edged marginal sections of elastic yarn and a splitsuture-connected selvage-edged intermediate section of non-elastic yarn.

"1. As a new article of manufacture, a knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a seamless heel, a seamless toe, and a connecting sole portionwith its longitudinal edges substantially in line with the inner ends ofthe diagonal heel and toe sutures, said sole portion comprising knitinedge margins of elastic yarn and terminating short of the inner ends ofthe heel and toe sutures, and knit portions intermediate the inner endsof the heel sutures and the contiguous ends of the margins aforesaid ofnon-elastic yarn.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a heel, a toe, and a connecting sole portion of an extent toreach substantially half way up the sides of the foot, said sole portioncomprising knit-in edge margins of elastic yarn, and a liner of frictionmaterial within the heel.

9. As a new article'of manufacture, a knitted stocking foot protectorhaving a heel, a toe, and a connecting sole portion of an extent toreach substantially. half Way up the sides of the foot, said soleportion comprising knit-in edge margins of elastic yarn, and a strand ofelastic yarn incorporated with the terminal loops across the top of thetoe.

WALLACE WILSON.

